Eyelet safety-tie.



No. 743,954. PATENTED NOV. 10, 1903;

J. K. THOMA.

EYELET SAFETY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 21, 1902.

NO MODEL.

mesa-ea sir-an YATES Patented November 10, 1908.

' EYELET SAFETY TlE.

SPEGIFIGA'EIQN formingpart of Letters Patent No. 743.9545, datedNovember 10, 1903. Application filed July 21. 1902. Serial No. 116.426.('llo model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES K. THOMA, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cooperstown, in the county of Otsego and State of New Yorlr,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Eyelet Safety-Ties;and Ido declare the following to he a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

T his invention has relation to improvements in shoelace fasteners; andit-consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as will behereinafter described and particularly claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a shoewith my improved lace-fastener secured to the marginal edge of the upperwith the lacing-cord attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a front view of thelace-fastener. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the fastener havinganother form of baseplate. 7

Reterring to the drawings and illustrated in Fig. 1, I show a completeshoe 29 with my improved lace-fastening 10 secured thereto having asingle lacing-cord 11 attached to the usual hooks and eyelets 12securedto the meeting edges 13 of the upper of the shoe. However,'1 wishit to be understood that my device is equally capable of fastening bothends of the lacing-cord.

As shown in Fig. 2, my improved shoe-lacing fastener consists of abase-plate 2 and a top plate 27, the former of which has its headportion i cut orslitted on opposite sides to form rearwardly anddownwardly projecting securing-prongs 21 and 22, which are adapted to bepassed through the material of the shoe upper and clenched thereto. Thehead and foot portions of the base-plate are provided with perforationsor openings 23 and 23?, through which rivet-s or other fastening meansare adapted to pass for the better securing of the plate to theshoe-upper. Through the central portion of the base-plate I provide acentral opening. Thet-op plate is provided with a. circular centralportion having an opening therein which enacts with the opening of thebase-plate,and an eyelet 20 is inserted through the openings of bothplates, so as to secure the two parts together and to the shoe-upper. Onopposite sides of the circular portion of the top plate I providereversely-curved sprin g-arms 29,having upwardly-curved hearing ends 32,provided with terminal upwardlycurved hent ends 82, which serve to bearagainst the upper and lower ends of the upper surface of the base-plate,so as to permit of the ends of the shoe-lacings being inserted or forcedbetween the same and'secured hetween the curved bearings of the topplate and the upper surface of the base-plate directly below thecurvedbearings,whereby the shoe-lacing is securely held in place.

I. wish it to he understood that I do not con fine myself to placing asingle fastening on one meeting edge of the upper of. the shoe-as, forinstance, when there are two ends to the lacing I secure afastening onthe opposite meeting edge of the upper to thereby meet the requirementsof the double ends of the lacing. I

In Fig. 3 I show the top plate-8 with terminal upwardly-curved ends 8' 8and an eyelet 9, all of which is of the same construction as that shownin Fig. 2. The base-plate 6, shown attached to the top plate 8, in thisinstance has two prongs 7 and 7 formed on the opposite endsthereof,whereby tosecu re the same to the shoe-upper.

Having thus fully described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 7 A fasteningdevice for shoe-lacings comprising a flat base-plate having a centralopen ing, means at the opposite endsof the baseplate tosecure the sameto the upper of a. shoe, a top plate having reversely-curved armsprovided with terminal upturned ends, said top plate also having acentral opening to coaot with the central opening of the base-plate, aneyelet passing throughthe said shoe-upper and through the said centralopenings of the base and top plates to secure said parts together,substantially as specified.

' JAMES K. THOMA. Witnesses:

J. S. CAMPBELL, H. T. BAsmenR.

